Lunch party in rural Hainan! These local kids are hilarious 🤣 沙滩和高楼大厦之外的海南！这里的小朋友太逗了！

Hainan is mostly known for its beautiful beaches, but... today let's check out an obscure quiet village instead! 🤣 One of my subscribers on Chinese social media invited me to have lunch with his family in their home village. Join me exploring another place I'd never heard of and you've probably never heard of either - what's life like for locals in a random village in China's island province, Hainan?
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[@kats_journey_east]

🌻Thanks for joining today’s adventure, everyone! Follow me on Instagram for more updates about life in China: kats_journey_east 🌻 How do I get such stable footage even while biking and walking? 📷 amzn.to/45rObZy She's waterproof, shoots in 4K, and is very tiny and portable, perfect for recording an action-packed day without the fuss of a fancy complex setup

[@sebastianbarthez]

你再晒多一些沒保養的話，很快就會變成黃臉婆了。。。你有一幕看起來有些憔悴了。。。

[@nonozhou]

期待❤️!!

[@Mariobrownio1989]

Katherine my favorite video of yours was the one you shared about your work on water treatment and pollution. Can you make more content on that? Love your channel!!

[@jerrywang4695]

Your conversation with the locals always brings me surprise, and smile. Wei is so unassuming, love to hear Wei’ talking as well. Katherine you are very good at chatting with anybody, that is a special talent!!

[@liza6162]

Those little girls were so cute and friendly!! Made me smile!

[@10lauset]

I'm still astonished at the penetration of paved roads throughout China which reaffirms the promises of the CPC to alleviate poverty. Thanks for showing us this adventure. Happy Year of the Tiger. ... Cheers ...

[@jerrywang4695]

Hahhah, the girls are so active, so lovely, they look so happy! Love to see people having fun with you and Wei together! It is heartwarming experience.

[@iWantPeace838]

I love your interactions with the grassroots ordinary folks, more than those showing flash extravagant lifestyle. It is a convincing disproof of so called 1.4 billion oppressed people. Just look at the funny, friendly young girl who offered food to strangers. Are they not having a happy?

[@midwestmeiliguo]

I feel exactly the same way. The Western MSM constantly lies to their audiences about the true nature of China. Chinese are happy with their government unlike the people in the Western countries where people don't trust their government officials. Most of them hate politicians.

[@JohnnysCafe_]

Yes, if only people would take at videos made inside China, they would see a different China to the one they have been told about.

[@iamcanadianedmonton]

hainan is the equivalent of florida and arizona for retired canadians in the winter.😊😊😊. love from canada.

[@sammuel8892]

EXACTLY

[@x7j4]

So nice to watch your videos with your positive outlook on China. I’m so tired of those American KZbinrs who have a hate for China. I have been to China several times from my home in Canada and I must say the Chinese people in the Chinese cities are exceptional in many ways compared to our west in Canada and the United States.

[@detrickguillory7537]

I had the same positive experiences (2017 & 2020) in beautiful China as you. It seems to me that the people that talk bad about beautiful China & complain about it has never been to it. Many have not even left their own country. I cannot get enough of the amazing & beautiful country named China. 🇺🇸❤️🇨🇳

[@bojanapavlovic294]

I still cannot believe how subjective the West is towards China, even though as a Sinologist I know the reason for that. In Europe (for example Germany) it is the same thing. I still, after whole three years in Germany, cannot believe the attitude I have witnessed towards China.

[@bengt_axle]

Loved seeing those modern trains and the old countryside because they show such contrast. I hope you can show more of the modernity of China as well as explain a bit of the environmental issues of your studies and future work as they relate to evolving China.

[@lamheenhammer7802]

Glad to see you're back with another video. The people are so friendly. That little girl is super nice to offer you food. Thanks again for sharing!

[@notsure1276]

Your videos always bring a smile. You are a great story teller.

[@Albert_Einstein_not]

Most vloggers just observe and comment, I like it that you engage the people. It makes all the difference. Thank you for another great video, looking forward to your next one.

[@kats_journey_east]

Glad you like it, another coming soon🌞

[@lanzortiz3199]

Such lovely kids. Wow Country side videos are so refreshing to watch. What a good change of sight. This whole day all i see are news about war in Ukraine. Smh

[@andrewjlow]

Oh wow! The kids thought Wei was from Africa! 🤣 That was so sweet of Mr. Zhao! I am so happy you and Wei had a great trip. Thank you so much for sharing!

[@beNatureable]

Haha, is Wei an African? Happy new year! I want to see you and wee's baby.

[@cashmerecat9269]

Yea..that caught me by surprise as well. LOLS..

[@yogaterapi802]

Wow wonderful! So friendly Hainan people, both of you bring a positive vibe to others wherever you are. God always bless you all, amen! 🙏🏻👍🏻😍

[@bull7173]

Glad to see your updated video. Sanya people are very warm and simple. In love with this place❤️. Mark it.

[@seymorefact4333]

🇺🇸 children are the greatest assets! The smiles, the joy, the curiosity in their eyes and face..... PRICELESS! Thank you.

[@gigishaw3318]

Love these chickens walking triumphantly on the country road Love the no name village, you can always find the most sincere welcome from local people

[@kats_journey_east]

Triumphantly 🤣🤣

[@chrislim2487]

The people are so friendly!!!! City life make people so distant. Thank you for sharing your journey.

[@anciagabe7804]

That little girl must be the sunshine in her house!

[@mohammedibrahim42]

Happy new Chinese year katherine sister God bless you and bless your family amen ☺️

[@kats_journey_east]

Happy new year to you too 🐅

[@johnwu4636]

This is the type of environment and slower pace I would like to return to when I retire. All the bigger and upper tier cities are too cosmopolitan.

[@KuanHJ]

陽離子情商太高了，很容易跟人建立起交流，羨慕

[@jupplut6159]

Very nice and friendly village of Hainan, nice to have friends in small places.

[@RespectOthers1]

The content of this video is super enjoyable. Thanks for sharing your lovely experience and definitely hope you’ll accept more invitations from your subscribers in China. :D

[@8est8its89]

You know that guy is super decent when young little girls run up with hugs and smiles! :)

[@dekamaster100]

The rural parts looks even more advanced and cleaner than rural areas of western countries. And the people there are so friendly!

[@boonteoh2346]

Way to go, Katherine n Wei, friendly smile and ever ready to interact, surely bond people!! Interesting journey in Hainan, thanks for sharing!👍👍

[@weijianfeng5523]

谢谢阳离子的视频。在德国留学，每次看你的视频都好像跟着回国了，非常的温暖。继续加油！

[@johngoh9773]

Gong xi fa cai to you and your family. Good luck!

[@philiplau2557]

Thank you for sharing, we need more people like you in the USA with open minded and go out see the world with their own eyes, don’t just listen to their government or one sided media.

[@sammuel8892]

Indeed

[@土默特俺答汗]

welcome to China

[@hongbozhao3883]

Such a nice way to celebrate the Chinese new year. The people and the kids are amazing, so down to earth, so friendly and it looks like a very close-knit community

[@petermanuel5043]

What a fun trip. Thanks for sharing!

[@linmei4362]

“你是非洲人 ？童言无忌”。 Very warm hearted

[@Q7823706]

王總被小女孩誤認成非洲人😂😂😂

[@unitedsnakes3081]

小女孩开玩笑的。

[@liemanzhao1952]

我也是

[@hongeast5174]

明显是玩笑啊。就是小孩子的一种“明知故问”，故意说错来开玩笑的方式。

[@jinmingsun3026]

Beautiful place, lovely and hospitable people, especially those little girls

[@lyx124]

Hahaha that little girl thought Wei is African LMAO 😂😂😂😂😂

[@tsuikr]

When I was in QiongHai on CNY eve a few years ago, my first in 50 years. Walking around town, I stopped to chat with a small shop owner. He turned out to be an immigrant from NE, just about closing up shop to go to his family CNY eve family dinner. He invited us to join, but we politely declined because we were a bit embarrassed to intrude, being almost complete strangers.

[@kats_journey_east]

Omg, you declined ? Such a tragedy😭

[@jacobrocks7]

My cousin was in the marching band at VT ! I absolutely love your ventures in rural China and the history.

[@cumter2006papshaw]

办公室的同事前几天刚从三亚回来，芒果真的好吃。

[@megrez7s]

非洲人😂

[@jennyohara4011]

Share all Katherines videos/vlogs with family and friends the more people know China, the better

[@haoryu3233]

there are only two chinese foods my wife isn't allowed to eat in the house. Stinky tofu and durian fruit (mostly when she orders pizza).

[@kats_journey_east]

Lol

[@sret7880]

Maybe u need to add one more.... Lo Shi Fen (aka Stinky Snail Noodle).... Its very popular now....LOL

[@tsuikr]

@@sret7880 螺絲粉？有點辣但不臭啊！至少廣西的不臭！

[@partyhu]

@@sret7880 螺蛳si粉

[@willengel2458]

you can smell stinky tofu when they deep fried it. Durian and mangosteen are king and queen of fruits.

[@dannychu2014]

Great to see you back Katherine! Was getting worry 😟

[@8est8its89]

Kat you lucky girl you! May you always live in China...there's no other place quite like it!

[@banshong3997]

Love this video especially when you show local people and your interactions with them. Really authentic. Love it 🤣😊😊👍

[@lolilollolilol7773]

100 km day on a bicycle !! That's indeed pretty crazy. You are super fit.

[@nokap2695]

These kids are asking the impt questions, cute.

[@pinkymoon5039]

You never disappoint. Another wonderful video. What a nice generous couple inviting you to their village. 🙏🌷

[@zhongyangliu1858]

你是非洲人么？哈哈哈

[@明智邏輯]

Thank you for sharing an update. didn't get notification from YT... not surprising of course. Wishing you guys the best. Really enjoy watching your clips, showing us such relaxing lifestyles in China... I only had been to Shanghai... definitely will travel to uncharted destinations... thanks again.

[@lionelwong5842]

Hainan is a beautiful place.

[@longyou8254]

Thumbs up

[@predrag-peterilich900]

That chicken - it put quite a number for your vlog; the most intense chicken vs. Katherine encounter, to my reckoning. (And I do not even want to imagine what they taste like.)

[@foodparadise5792]

7:44 Contrary to popular believe, southern China actually keeps more traditional Han cultures because up north was always ground zero of most warfare that changed ruling families and nomadic invasions.

[@linyuner]

现在的小孩真的都变有钱了，以前都是叔叔辈给小孩买吃的，现在反而是小孩给叔叔送吃的🐱

[@zylontheway]

这是在，小朋友都收了很多红包，哈哈。其实现在的小朋友从小都衣食无忧，对钱没什么概念，所以都特别大方，哈哈

[@league5553]

*sigh* really reminds me of my childhood in china, I came to USA when I was 6 and I can say those carefree day were the greatest time of my life, well the 90s in newyork was good too but the sense of safety is gone while China is improving in that aspect

[@magnaviator]

The kids are so cute! 🤗💖

[@kenyoung5520]

waiting for your video every time. another good one!

[@Heresheis0818]

你們倆是新時代文明結合最佳的榜樣😂太幸福美滿了

[@wenbingsong7034]

小王像非洲来的。 他黑的那么有质感吗？

[@BenjiSun]

yeah, those old wattle and daub houses really don't last, especially in typhoon country. what a lovely video of the countryside and just how great everyone is.

[@搬运工-f3h]

小朋友说你是非洲人 把我整笑了 你到底经历了啥

[@大千惠尘]

幸福快乐的旅游日记，中国人文的坚持，和艰难。

[@malteseslong8314]

I watched repeatedly.......真 善 美 .

[@jonah_lau]

太精彩了！❤️

[@bombasticborneo]

You guys are so lucky🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿

[@yumemirutenshi]

there's something soothing and calming about your videos for someone living in a hectic city like me

[@toleranceandfreedom]

哈哈 the young grils think your husband is from africa 😂

[@wanghaoyu886]

this is so warming and touching

[@Mariobrownio1989]

The girl correctly guessed you are American, and thought Wei is African???😭😭😭

[@omni3670]

What a warm welcome to your subscriber's home and what conviviality! The village girls were so friendly especially the lively one who offered you the stinky tofu haha....With the mask on, you really do somewhat resemble Blondie in China! Hope you gals do do a collab!

[@kats_journey_east]

Omg I wish 😭😭

[@nonozhou]

Thank you for sharing country side of China ❤️❤️❤️

[@neoalex]

this was so wholesome and your story telling is great!

[@stephenc6955]

08:19 -- Congrats !

[@jellykelly333]

Thanks for sharing! Love you Kiki

[@szhou008]

warm, wholesone and peaceful.

[@vister6757]

I hope those children are still able to speak Hainanese. In my country many younger generations don't speak much of their dialects anymore because their parents mainly converse with their children in Mandarin. This is very unlike the older generations where parents mainly converse to their children via mother tongue i.e. dialect I think mine and the older generations are much better with language as we could speak many different dialects e.g. Hokkien, Hainanese, Cantonese, Hakka, Teochew, etx. and another 2 or 3 other languages e.g. English, our national language and/or Mandarin. We mainly picked up different dialects from friends, and TV shows and Mandarin from friends/schools.

[@exploringthroughthelens5127]

Wei from Africa? That was funny :)

[@SamSam-eq5uc]

The kid in 3.55 was checking if the 100 yuan note was counterfeit. 🤣🤣. Nice vlog. Sanya, Hainan, looks Very different from 20 years ago, when vi var there. There were mostly tourist (Chinese) then.

[@AmelieZh]

哈哈哈哈，烤地瓜

[@ironheart0623]

Nice to see the area with no tourist and how the local lives.

[@mandarhyme8457]

你的视频都是精华，看起来剪辑花了不少功夫！

[@kats_journey_east]

❤️

[@blowindzhang6795]

那个说小王总来自非洲的，小王总表示内心受到100点暴击，一碗臭豆腐也不能慰藉受伤的心灵

[@delepeno9636]

My ancestor come from hainan.. Then he travel to singapore…

[@davidlam2320]

Hey kat on the internet I've found more and more your new videos and I've never ever seen before for past 2 to 3 years ago

[@pingenlin6272]

HAPPY NEW YEAR hope you guys have a happy day!

[@kats_journey_east]

Happy new year to you too😎

[@chow729]

Wow, there at least 6 Chinese yt also in Sanya at the moment. It would be good if you guys randomly collaborate.

[@micho999]

The people are so nice.👍

[@paulcaistudio]

哇，好熟悉的海普口音（海南普通话）😄

[@tonyeclau]

Yum, yummy! Stinky tofu. Wish I am in China.

[@driftert5687]

哈哈，小孩问小王是非洲人？🤣

[@PS-383]

Do the locals speak the Hainanese dialect amongst themselves? Didn't hear it in your videos.

[@kats_journey_east]

This village is all Han, apparently originating from Fujian. The neighboring village speaks a completely different dialect that belongs to Hainanese

[@sammuel8892]

@@kats_journey_east 海南话完全听不懂 即使我会粤语 lol

[@bonawang4995]

@@sammuel8892 海南话是闽南语的一个分支，会粤语的当然听不懂啦

[@tsuikr]

@@kats_journey_east Most of the early Han Chinese immigrants in HaiNan were from FuJian, their local dialect is a branch of the FuJian dialect. There are aboriginal 黎族 villages too. They are not Han but a minority, they speak PuTongHua but also their own dialect, which is not Chinese. Just from their appearance you can’t tell that they are not Han.

[@DW-op7ly]

I just learned how to say the name of the place

[@AmelieZh]

讲话好像大漠，哈哈哈

[@bcjoey9944]

You are a true ambassador. What's happened to the US?

[@areebachewa8318]

Do you think you can make a video from Shanxi historical architecture sites from Ming, Song Dynasties ....

[@kats_journey_east]

Hope I will get a chance to visit there 😍 we have sooo many places we want to go , it seems one year is not enough, maybe ten or twenty years 😱

[@areebachewa8318]

I guess China is huge and so many interesting and mind blowing unique, modern and ancient places at the same times ..Hope you can make it somewhere your priority and I dont have to wait for 10 years for you to visit Shanxi .@@kats_journey_east

[@我是韭菜-l9h]

@@kats_journey_east 我希望你去一趟西安哦，他们都说上海可以看到一百年前的中国，北京可以看到一千年前的中国，西安可以看到三千年前的中国

[@voidlegend7442]

给阳离子的中文提醒一两个地方（怕你们家小王总已经不敢指点你了）：小人物是贬义词，不能用在你视频中的那个在祠堂中的场合；第二，我听到“大陆”这个词总觉得有点怪怪的，还真的不知道海南人怎么称呼”大陆“的，所以你可以请教一下你的海南粉丝或者小王总的老乡们，顺便也让我们知道知道

[@小二王-d4l]

海南是一个岛，他们和香港，澳门都是叫大陆的。新疆和西藏叫内地！

[@I_am_your_father2024]

海南就是称我们为大陆的，是你太敏感了啊。

[@davidross7109]

沙发

[@jinfei]

大哥，老婆说美不美，你该说，美，但是美有你美啊！